Which returned more over the last year, GARP or IGM?

In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GARP returned +18.0% and IGM +21.7%.

Which is cheaper, GARP or IGM?

GARP is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do GARP and IGM overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 94% of GARP and 92% of IGM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

Data as of Oct 28, 2026.

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GARP vs IGM: Differences, Returns & Fees

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Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, GARP returned +18.0% to IGM's +21.7%; 53% of their weight is in the same names.

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Net assets on Oct 27, 2026: $3.6bn for iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF and $11.0bn for iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF.

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At a glance

+18.0%

GARP total return, 1 year

+21.7%

IGM total return, 1 year

0.15%

GARP expense ratio

0.37%

IGM expense ratio

Pair scorecard

GARP costs 0.22 points a year less; their one-year returns differ by 3.7 points; IGM is 3.1 times larger.

GARP vs IGM: Differences, Returns & Fees
Measure	GARP	IGM
Return
Measure	GARP	IGM
Total return, 1 year	+18.0%	+21.7%
Drawdown
Measure	GARP	IGM
Below its high	7.0%, high on Oct 6, 2026	6.2%, high on Oct 6, 2026
Benchmark
Measure	GARP	IGM
What it tracks	MSCI USA Quality GARP Select Index	S&P North American Expanded Technology Sector Index
Cost and size
Measure	GARP	IGM
Expense ratio	0.15%	0.37%
Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026	$3.6bn	$11.0bn
Holdings
Measure	GARP	IGM
Holdings in common	53%
Top ten holdings, share of the fund	43.5%	56.8%

Holdings in common uses holdings dated Oct 27, 2026. Method

What they share

53%

By the books each fund has filed, GARP and IGM hold 53% of their money in the same securities at the same weight. Holdings dated Oct 27, 2026.

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53% in common

Positions both hold · largest shared weight first GARP IGM

MICROSOFT 5.67% 9.19%

APPLE 5.66% 9.36%

NVIDIA 5.18% 8.28%

META PLATFORMS CLASS A 4.72% 4.27%

MICRON TECHNOLOGY 4.61% 4.07%

ALPHABET CLASS A 2.24% 4.57%

ALPHABET CLASS C 2.12% 3.66%

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES CLASS A 2.86% 2.08%

ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES 2.01% 4.16%

INTEL CORPORATION 1.81% 2.12%

BROADCOM INC 1.70% 7.07%

APPLIED MATERIAL INC 2.07% 1.43%

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VISA CLASS A 5.13%

CATERPILLAR INC 3.29%

AMAZON.COM INC 2.12%

MERCADOLIBRE 1.86%

ROYAL CARIBBEAN GROUP 1.83%

ELI LILLY 1.78%

GE AEROSPACE 0.93%

AIRBNB CLASS A 0.86%

Only in IGM

CISCO SYSTEMS INC 2.00%

TEXAS INSTRUMENT 1.28%

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CO 1.07%

ANALOG DEVICES 0.94%

SHOPIFY SUBORDINATE VOTING CLASS A 0.91%

QUALCOMM 0.90%

SALESFORCE 0.90%

SANDISK 0.87%

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Side by side

GARP iShares MSCI USA Quality GARP ETF IGM iShares Expanded Tech Sector ETF

Where it sits Stock ETF Stock ETF

Issuer iShares iShares

What it is Tracks the MSCI USA Quality GARP Tracks an index of Expanded Tech Sector

Total return, 1 year +18.0% +21.7%

Its benchmark over the same days +13.3% (PBUS) not measured

Gap to its benchmark +4.7 pts vs PBUS not measured

Expense ratio 0.15% 0.37%

Already in the S&P 500 94.4% 91.9%

Holdings 131 295

Net assets, as of Oct 27, 2026 $3.6bn $11.0bn

GARP and IGM on the fields both publish, as of Oct 28, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.

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About each fund

GARP

GARP tracks the MSCI USA Quality GARP. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +18.0% with distributions reinvested, against +13.3% for its benchmark, the MSCI USA Index. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 94% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 131 positions, with the top ten at 43.5%. It sat 7.0% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

IGM

IGM tracks an index of Expanded Tech Sector. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026 it returned +21.7% with distributions reinvested. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.37% a year. By its holdings published by its issuer for Oct 27, 2026, 92% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 295 positions, with the top ten at 56.8%. It sat 6.2% below its high of Oct 6, 2026 on Oct 28, 2026.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GARP or IGM?: In the year to Oct 28, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GARP returned +18.0% and IGM +21.7%.
Which is cheaper, GARP or IGM?: GARP is cheaper, by 0.22 percentage points a year. That is about $22 on $10,000 held for a year. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do GARP and IGM overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 94% of GARP and 92% of IGM by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds.

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Sources and dates

GARP and IGM filings on SEC EDGAR ↗

GARP and IGM prospectus with the expense ratio (SEC) ↗

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How this is computed

Overlap adds up the smaller of the two weights for each security both funds hold.

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